{"product_id":"my-heart-underwater-isbn-9780062972286","title":"My Heart Underwater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFans of Adib Khorram and Randy Ribay will love this coming-of-age debut about a Filipina American teen drowning under pressure and learning to trust her heart. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorazon Tagubio is an outcast at the Catholic school she attends on scholarship. Her crush on her teacher, Ms. Holden, doesn’t help. At home, Cory worries that less-than-perfect grades aren’t good enough for her parents, who already work overtime to support her distant half-brother in the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter an accident leaves her dad comatose, Cory feels like Ms. Holden is the only person who really understands her. But when a crush turns into something more and the secret gets out, Cory is sent to her relatives in Manila. She’s not prepared to face strangers in an unfamiliar place, but she discovers how the country that shaped her past might also redefine her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel takes readers on a journey across the world as Cory comes to understand her family, her relationships, and ultimately, herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMy Heart Underwater\u003c\/em\u003e is a lovely, magnificent wonder of a novel that will leave you with the rarest of tender heartaches: life-affirming, life-inspiring, life-loving; a heartache of joy and becoming. You won’t walk freely, or willingly, from these pages.” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Marjorie Liu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* A\u003cem\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2020 * A 2022 ALA Rainbow Booklist Selection *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“This soulful #OwnVoices story explores how love for family and tradition can conflict with personal dignity.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Smoothly woven and intriguing glimpses of Filipino culture, language, and economy pop up throughout this #ownvoices novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This emotionally powerful YA debut sensitively portrays the tension between Cory’s American upbringing and attempts to stay true to her cultural roots.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Not to be missed.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fantauzzo’s emotional story extends beyond Cory’s search for identity and belonging, adding insights about both historical and metaphorical colonization, while readers are immersed in the uncertainty that surrounds new and ongoing family crises, resentment, and forgiveness.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Heart Underwater\u003c\/em\u003e is a lovely, magnificent wonder of a novel that will leave you with the rarest of tender heartaches: life-affirming, life-inspiring, life-loving; a heartache of joy and becoming. You won’t walk freely, or willingly, from these pages. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times bestselling author Marjorie Liu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wise, complex exploration of a young person on the cusp of adulthood as she navigates the in-between: being Filipinx in America and American in the Philippines. Readers who yearn for stories closer to the nuances, contradictions, and messiness of real life will love Cory and root for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrace Talusan, author of The Body Papers, winner of the Restless Books Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully unsettling and deeply satisfying, \u003cem\u003eMy Heart Underwater\u003c\/em\u003e should be read by all—and it’s a gift to any community, not just the YA community, that such a heartfelt, literary novel is now in our hands. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGina Apostol, author of Gun Dealers' Daughter, PEN\/Open Book Award winner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A (home)coming out story that rides a deep undercurrent of love.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quill Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889339592933,"sku":"NP9780062972286","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062972286.jpg?v=1730231041","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/my-heart-underwater-isbn-9780062972286","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}